31 MAY 1924, Page 16

"A SCRAP OF PAPER."

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The death of Sir Edward Goschen, formerly Ambassador at Berlin, recalls to mind the famous "scrap of paper" remark of the German Chancellor, a phrase which is likely to become historical. It would be interesting to know what language the Chancellor was speaking—German, French or English—and if not the last, what were the actual words equivalent to "a scrap of paper" which he employed.-- [Sir Edward Goschen definitely stated in answer to the inquiries of M. Bemont, the historian, that the entire conversa- tion with Herr von Betlunann Hollweg was carried on in English.—En. Spectator.]